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How to build the perfect model railway
It’s good to see the media get our hobby exactly right. Have a read of this article: “How to build the perfect model railway” It describes the 34ft-long 1:76 finescale model of Alloa station built by members of the Glasgow-based … Continue reading
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Bournemouth exhibition 2019 #1
The Cha(I)rman spent the weekend in Bournemouth helping Richard ‘Ollie’ Oliver with his Bournemouth Corporation bus display. Allan writes: Just got back from a weekend at the Bournemouth Model Railway Exhibition. I was there helping (or I think I was) … Continue reading
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Southhampton MRS exhibition 2019 #2
One of the highlights of the show was a chance to see Loftus Road in the flesh. This ‘OO’ layout is based on the West London Line around Kensington from the 1990’s to today. The West London Line carried, and … Continue reading
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Southampton MRS exhibition 2019 #1
A trip down to Eastleigh today for the excellent Southampton MRS exhibition. There were some excellent layouts on show, and plenty of trade, though I was a good boy and bought absolutely nothing. Derek came along with me and it … Continue reading
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It’s shunting, Jim, but not as we know it….
With apologies to Star Trek! This video, hi-jacked from the 2mm Association site, is just one incredible bit of model making. And I’m not (for once) talking about the fine scale. Shunting using a tractor – whatever next – working … Continue reading
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Bognor Regis MRC show 2019
Derek & I paid a visit to the Bognor show this morning. It’s a pretty drive down to the south coast, and far more pleasant than battling up to Stevenage. The Bognor show might not have been as good, but … Continue reading
In defence of the roundy-roundy #2
It was before Stuttgart that I posted some thoughts on ’roundy-roundy’ layouts. In the past month I have been looking at my modelling direction yet again. I’ll explore my thoughts a little more over the next few posts – and … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, model railway, N gauge, Wisbech & Upwell tramway
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Festival of Railway Modelling, Peterborough
Simon kindly sent me these pictures of the Peterborough version of the National Festival of Railway Modelling. I thought of going, but inertia caught up with me! A few pics of Peterborough and a snatched shot of Black Five 44871 … Continue reading
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Letchworth show 2018
From the Cha(I)rman….. Spent the day with Sean and his layout Leonard at the Letchworth show. Nice one day show in a school with 3 classrooms and two hall. Plus a couple of items in passageways. And here are a … Continue reading
In defence of the roundy-roundy
You may recall that I have recently been rather critical of continuous run (roundy-roundy) layouts, especially at exhibitions. The criticism has perhaps been less of the concept, and perhaps more of the fact that there has been a ‘sameness’ between … Continue reading
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